Terracotta amphora (jar)

Unknown

ca. 560–550 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, Herakles battling a centaur Reverse, Warrior battling a centaur The warrior depicted on the reverse of the vase may be a lapith. The fight of the lapiths, a Thessalian clan usually represented in hoplite armor, and the centaurs was a common depiction in early Archaic Greek Art. The artistic representation of this battle even continued into Roman times and appears in Latin literature, including Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 560–550 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1941